Classics of Magick

The Lemegeton or Lesser Key of Solomon -- A collection of medieval and
post-medieval grimoires attributed to King Solomon. The four main sections comprise
a reasonably complete system for invoking the forces of the magickal universe -- albeit
with some strange twists in the approach.

Goetia -- Evocation of 72 demons
associated with the Shemhamphorash, and (in pairs) with the decanates of the zodiac. A
substantially reformatted version of the Mathers/Crowley/deLaurence edition.

Theurgia-Goetia
-- The conjuration of 32 Aerial Spirits and their servants, partly good and partly evil,
who govern the points of the compass.

Ars Paulina
or The Pauline Art -- Part I: A system for
invoking the Angels of the Hours of the Day and Night, with an interesting astrological
twist. Part II: A system for invoking the "guardian angel" ruling the zodiac
degree under which the user is born.
Possibly a precursor of, or inspiration for, Dee's Heptarchia Mystica.

Ars Almadel
-- Evocation of the Angels of the four "Altitudes", who rule the equinoctial and
solstice points, the seasons, and the signs of the zodiac.

Ars Nova
-- A rather peculiar small book of prayers and orations. More an appendix to the Goetia
than a book in its own right.

The Greater Key of Solomon

The text and illustrations of the 1916 Mathers/deLaurence edition, minus the useless
additions by deLaurence. A system of planetary magick, more straightforward than that
described in the Ars Paulina.

A new version transcribed directly from Robert Turner's 1657 edition.
A dense and difficult document, but one which had a profound influence on John Dee and
other Renaissance mages. Describes a system for attaining to knowledge and skill in the
Liberal and Mechanical Arts through prayers and special invocations in "barbarous
tongues".

The Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy

In the 1650's, English scholar Robert Turner put together a collection of magickal
papers from various sources under the title The Fourth Book of Occult
Philosophy. Only two of the papers therein are purported to be by Agrippa,
but all of them have had a strong influence on the Golden Dawn and other magicians in the
English-speaking world. Transcribed directly from a copy of his edition. Sections will be
posted as they are completed.

Of Geomancy -- Attributed to Agrippa. The classic and
definitive exposition of this divinatory art, covering both its practice and
interpretation. Illustrations have been updated to correct errors and omissions in the
original.

Isagoge -- by Georg Pictorius
Villinganus. "An Introductory discourse on the Nature of such Spirits as are
exercised in the Sublunary Bounds; their Original, Names, Offices, Illusions, Powers,
Prophesies, Miracles; and how they may be Expelled and Driven away."

On Astronomical Geomancy --
by Gerard
Cremonensis. A simplified technique that produces a "horary chart"
for the question being asked, which is then interpreted astrologically.

The Arbatel of Magic
-- The introductory book of a nine-part work which was either lost or never written. This
work is the apparent origin of the widely-known "Olympic Planetary Spirits".
Discusses the necessities of magickal work, the relation between the magician and spirits,
other topics of general import to magick.

The Hieroglyphic Monad by Dr. John Dee --
In twenty-four theorems, Dee attempts to condense the whole of occult knowledge
into a single comprehensive symbol. Written about twenty years before his
Angelic Conversations.

The Rosicrucian
Manifestos: Fama Fraternitatis and Confessio
Fraternitatis. The documents which first stimulated the Rosicrucian movement
in Europe.

Eliphas Levi's tour de force on the theory and practice of magic. Part 1
covers theory, and attempts to reconcile the traditional interpretations of
magic and religion with the emphasis on Reason and Knowledge of Levi's own day.
The reconciliation doesn't succeed, but Levi's understanding of the traditional
viewpoint is strong enough to make this work valuable. Part II covers the
practical aspects of magic.